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Brahmahatya
Brahmahatya (Sanskrit: ब्रह्महत्या, romanized: Brahmahatyā), also rendered Brahmanahatya (Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणहत्या, romanized: Brāhmaṇahatyā) is the Sanskrit term for "the killing of a Brahmin".[1][2] It is translated as Brahminicide in English.[3][4] The Manusmriti regards the murder of a Brahmin to be the greatest of sins, and the highest of the mahapatakas (mortal sins).[5]
Brahmahatya is also personified as a hideous woman in Hindu texts such as the Puranas. Described to possess red hair and wear blue robes, she is stated to laugh boisterously, chasing the murderers of Brahmins.[6]
- ^ Hudson, D. Dennis (25 September 2008). The Body of God: An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram. Oxford University Press. p. 579. ISBN 978-0-19-970902-1.
- ^ Williams, George M. (27 March 2008). Handbook of Hindu Mythology. OUP USA. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-19-533261-2.
- ^ Doniger, Wendy (30 September 2010). The Hindus: An Alternative History. OUP Oxford. p. 409. ISBN 978-0-19-959334-7.
- ^ Patton, Laurie L. (1 July 1994). Authority, Anxiety, and Canon: Essays in Vedic Interpretation. SUNY Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-7914-1938-0.
- ^ Morgan, Peggy (16 February 2007). Ethical Issues in Six Religious Traditions. Edinburgh University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-7486-3002-8.
- ^ Shastri, J. L.; Bhatt, G. P. (1993). The Skanda Purana Part 4: Ancient Indian Tradition And Mythology [Volume 52]. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 162. ISBN 978-81-208-1082-2.
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